The City of Angoon has been working to get the Thayer Creek run-of-river hydropower facility designed and constructed. ANILCA permits the Kootznoowoo Tlingit tribe to construct a hydropower facility without going through FERC.
Project Name: Thayer Creek (Angoon)
FERC Project Number: Nonjurisdictional
Water Body: Thayer Creek
Region: Southeast
Type of Project: Storage Dam
Status: Early planning
Primary User: Angoon
Operating Utility: Kootznoowoo, Inc.
Nameplate Power Capacity (MW): 0.9
Surface Area of Impoundment (acres): 7
Project Details: 2016 - new alternative: 60-foot high, 135-foot wide dam with a 106 acre feet of impoundment; dock- north of Thayer Creek
NOAA Fisheries Trust Resources: Pink, chum, and coho salmon
NOAA Fisheries Area of Interest: This project was mentioned in Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act and does not need to go through FERC; however the Angoon has not been able to develop it over the last 40 years.
Veteran intern Antonio Jones at an oyster farm in Drayton Harbor, Washington, checking traps for European Invasive Green Crab. Credit: Northwest Straits Commission
Sustainably grown, organic Alaskan kelp is harvested at the Seagrove Kelp Co. farm in Doyle Bay. Credit: NOAA Fisheries/Jordan Hollarsmith
